EWTN News reports that the FBI has fired several agents connected to a 2023 memo targeting “radical-traditionalist” Catholics in Virginia. This incident is not merely a bureaucratic scandal; it is a glaring symptom of the deep alliance between the post-conciliar structures and the forces of secular tyranny against the remnants of true Catholic faith. The memo’s language and objectives reveal a systematic effort to criminalize fidelity to Tradition, treating adherence to the unchanging doctrines of the Church as a threat to the modernist order.
The Criminalization of Catholic Tradition
The leaked 2023 memo from the FBI’s Richmond field office explicitly targeted “traditional Catholic houses of worship” for investigation, planning “trip wire or source development” among the faithful. This language is not neutral; it is the vocabulary of counter-intelligence applied to religious practice. The FBI, an instrument of the secular state, was mobilized to surveil Catholics who simply seek to preserve the faith of their fathers.
This action stands in direct contradiction to the teaching of the Church on the relationship between the spiritual and temporal powers. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, taught that Christ’s reign “encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” Furthermore, the Church has always maintained her freedom from secular interference. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, the Church is “a true and perfect society, entirely free,” and it is not the role of the civil power to define the rights of the Church. By targeting traditional Catholics, the state assumes a power it does not have: the authority to judge and police the internal life of the Church based on a secular definition of “extremism.”
The Complicity of the Conciliar Hierarchy
The most damning aspect of this affair is the silence and complicity of the post-conciliar hierarchy. While the FBI was drafting memos to infiltrate traditional communities, the “bishops” and “cardinals” of the conciliar sect were actively dismantling the very traditions these faithful were trying to protect. The modernist hierarchy has consistently aligned itself with the forces of secularism, viewing traditional Catholics as an embarrassment to their project of “dialogue” with the world.
The conciliar sect, having embraced the errors of religious liberty and ecumenism condemned by Pope Pius IX, has no theological ground to defend the rights of traditional Catholics. Their “religious freedom” is a one-way street: it protects the innovations of the conciliar revolution but offers no shelter to those who cling to the depositum fidei. The FBI’s actions are merely the logical consequence of a Church that has surrendered its divine mandate to the spirit of the age. As Pope Leo XIII warned in Immortale Dei, when the state separates itself from Christ the King, it inevitably becomes tyrannical, and the Church is left without a defender.
The Nature of the “Threat”
What exactly is the “extremism” that the FBI sought to investigate? It is the unyielding belief in the dogmas of the Catholic Faith: the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, the necessity of the sacraments for salvation, the existence of Hell, and the social reign of Christ the King. These are not political opinions; they are the revealed truths of God. To treat them as indicators of radicalism is to declare war on the Faith itself.
The memo’s focus on “traditional Catholic houses of worship” reveals the true nature of the threat. The modernist establishment fears the Traditional Latin Mass and the unadulterated doctrine because they are living refutation of the conciar revolution. The traditional faithful, by their very existence, testify that the “spirit of Vatican II” is a rupture with the past, not a continuation. As St. Pius X taught in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Modernism is the “synthesis of all heresies,” and its adherents will inevitably seek to suppress those who resist their errors.
The Failure of Secular Justice
The recent firings of FBI agents, while presented as accountability, are ultimately a distraction. The fact that the memo was distributed to over 1,000 FBI employees and involved multiple field offices indicates that this was not the rogue action of a few individuals, but a systemic policy. The removal of a few agents does not address the underlying ideology that views traditional Catholicism as a domestic threat.
Moreover, the involvement of figures like Stanley Meador, who was appointed to lead Virginia’s public safety department despite his role in the memo, demonstrates that the machinery of persecution remains intact. The secular state has no interest in protecting the rights of Catholics; its only concern is maintaining the hegemony of the modernist order. The traditional faithful must place their trust not in the shifting winds of political favor, but in the protection of Divine Providence and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Conclusion: The Remnant and the Revolution
The FBI memo is a stark reminder that the conciliar sect and the secular state are united in their opposition to the true Church. The modernist hierarchy, having abandoned the Kingship of Christ, has no choice but to collaborate with the enemies of the Faith. The traditional faithful, however, must remain steadfast. As Pope Pius XI declared, “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men.” No memo, no FBI investigation, and no modernist “bishop” can alter this divine reality. The faithful must continue to profess the integral Catholic faith, regardless of the cost, knowing that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against the Church.
The persecution of traditional Catholics is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of the enemy’s desperation. The conciliar revolution is dying, and its defenders are resorting to the tactics of tyranny to maintain their grip on power. But the truth shall prevail, and the faithful who endure to the end shall be saved.
Source:
FBI Reportedly Fires Agents in Connection With Memo On ‘Radical-Traditionalist’ Catholics (ncregister.com)
Date: 06.06.2026